An investigation of buffer sizing techniques in critical chain scheduling

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-416

  Tukel, Oya I ^a   Rom, Walter O ^a   Eksioglu, Sandra Duni ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer sizing methods; Critical chain; Feeding buffers; Project scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS;

BUFFER SIZING METHODS; CRITICAL CHAIN; FEEDING BUFFERS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 33644667371     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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